Congress is rushing headlong into crisis mode Tuesday with a government shutdown days away, as Speaker Kevin McCarthy faces an insurgency from hard-right Republicans eager to slash spending even if it means halting pay for the military and curtailing federal services for millions of Americans.
Against the mounting chaos, Biden warned the Republican conservatives off their hard-line tactics, saying funding the federal government is “one of the most basic fundamental responsibilities of Congress." with McCarthy, which set the federal government funding levels and was signed into law after approval by both the House and the Senate.
The Republican speaker McCarthy brushed off Trump’s influence as just a negotiating tactic, even as the far-right plan keeps torpedoing his plans. A government shutdown occurs when Congress fails to pass a budget before the start of the new fiscal year. Here’s what you need to know. The speaker has given the holdouts many of their demands, but it still has not been enough as they press for more — including gutting funding for Ukraine, which last week is vital to winning the war against Russia.
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